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paladins can use divine smite at range
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in the 2024 D and D rules they updated
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divine smite to be a spell and updated
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all of the smite spells to use the same
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mechanics so when you hit an enemy with
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a melee weapon or an unarmed strike you
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cast the spell as a bonus action now it
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very specifically says melee weapon not
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melee weapon attack in basically
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throughout all of 5e including the 2024
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rules weapons are split into four groups
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they can be either melee or ranged and
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either a spell attack or weapon attack
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and that forms what is essentially a
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punit square which you know you might
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recognize these from high school science
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class but smite spells don't
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specifically say melee weapon attack
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they just say melee weapon now it's
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totally unclear if this was intentional
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it seems like they just copy pasted the
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wording so it's possible that they made
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one mistake in the rules and then just
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copy pasted it but as written in the
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2024 players handbook if you hit an
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enemy with a melee weapon including by
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throwing it then that can trigger divine
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smite which means paladins can use
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divine smite at range
